Telegram to Peng Dehuai[1]

(December 24, 1935)

Capturing Yichuan city will be of great benefit for the future. There are now forty days available; please order the First Army Corps to conduct detailed reconnaissance on the possibility of breaching the city using tunneling methods.

If the frontal assault on Ganquan proves ineffective, switch to tunneling methods immediately.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai to Peng Dehuai concerning the capture of Yichuan city.